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To: American_Centurion

As I recall they were included in the first edition of the KJV but removed from the subsequent versions.


56 posted on 02/23/2007 11:25:32 AM PST by fogofbobegabay
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To: fogofbobegabay

Luther kept the books but they were discarded some time after his demise.

. It was St. Jerome on the orders of Pope Damasus I in 382 who translated the writings into Latin. The translation was from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Latin, which was and still is the official language of the Catholic Church was used and the Bible was called the (Latin)Vulgate Bible.
The Vulgate was designed to be a definitive and officially promulgated translation of the Bible, improving upon several divergent translations then in use. It was the first, and for many centuries the only bible from c. AD 400–1530.

William Tyndale, considered the father of the Reformation, was instrumental in making the “English Bible” King James, about 1526. It was at this point in history that many books were left out or changed from the original St. Jerome version. The original King James Bible was revised in 1604; there was a 1975 version and a 1994 version. I recommend a reading of each for chapter and verse dissimilarity.


72 posted on 02/23/2007 12:23:21 PM PST by franky (Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.)
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